Posted to Dirty shipping business takes place prior to recycling
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September 4, 2013
The hue and cry about casualties taking place at ship breaking yards may have died down after intense hostile protests by Greenpeace and other NGOs against the methods employed in ship breaking yards. They may have got measures in place to curb…
Posted to Maritime Training Issues with Murray Goldberg
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September 2, 2013
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Posted to It is show time for Conferences & Events
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Joseph Fonseca)
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July 17, 2013
The sagging economy, rising inflation, weakening rupee and the falling FOREX reserves has caused the Indian government to take strategic steps to bring the economy around. Leading the list is the relaxation of the foreign direct investments…
Posted to AEGIS’ first Liquid Terminal at Pipavav Port
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Joseph Fonseca)
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February 18, 2013
Aegis Group, leader in oil, gas and chemical logistics embarked last week on its major expansion project at Pipavav Port, Gujarat in Western India. It is setting up a bulk liquid and gas storage terminal for enhancing capacity by another 120,000 KL of bulk liquid and 2700 MT of gas.
Posted to Far East Maritime
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Greg Knowler)
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November 10, 2012
Chongqing is regularly described as the largest city in the world. The municipality is effectively a province of its own, one of three such municipalities in the country, and home to anything from 35 to 45 million people. In the past few years…
Posted to Maritime Transportation Security News and Views
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John C.W. Bennett)
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October 1, 2012
Ms. Lauren Brand of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) started her brief with an overview of the Marine Highway. The program, which envisions reliable, regularly scheduled, competitive, and sustainable transportation over waterways to reduce highway congestion…
Posted to Martin Rushmere
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Martin Rushmere)
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December 29, 2011
That proposal to apply the Harbor Maintenance Tax to imports taking the long way round through Canada and Mexico is stirring up considerable debate that exposes sharply different viewpoints. So much so that the Shipping Federation of Canada…
Posted to Maritime Musings
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Dennis Bryant)
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December 9, 2011
Pensacola is the westernmost city in Florida, nearly extending into Alabama. It is the homeport for a number of fishing vessels and small passenger vessels. One of its claims to fame is that it is the site of the first European settlement in…
Posted to Maritime Transportation Security News and Views
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John C.W. Bennett)
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September 30, 2010
Last week the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) updated its list of TWIC Readers that have successfully completed the Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) to include an additional hand-held reader. This brings the total of portable…
Posted to Marine Propulsion Report
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Keith Henderson)
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August 27, 2010
Automatic optimization of marine diesel engine performance using loop control of the cylinder pressure process has been under development for a number of years at both MAN Diesel & Turbo and Wärtsilä. Targeting the slow speed two stroke engines…
Posted to Martin Rushmere
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Martin Rushmere)
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August 12, 2010
More details have become available about Moody's rating agency's take on the soundness of 18 US ports plus two intermodal corridors. "Negative credit pressures remain as ports recover from revenue and cargo losses that fell to levels well below earlier expectations…
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